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Covid 19 Part XXV-44,159 ROI (1,830 deaths) 21,898 NI (598 deaths) (13/10) Read OP

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    #92
    begbysback
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    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Level 3 will get extended and extended, Xmas will be dangled in front of people like a carrot.

    What will happen is that death rates will be minuscule and after another few months we drop to level 2


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    #93
    Boggles
    Registered Users Posts: 39,611 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Goldrickssan wrote: »
    Leo is going to be on Claire Byrne live later to answer questions.

    Telling the nation he doesn't agree with any of the measures.

    Belgium, Avril Lavigne, Mean girls, something something.


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    #94
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Goldrickssan wrote: »
    Leo is going to be on Claire Byrne live later to answer questions.

    Where the feck is Mehole?

    You don`t know where your hole is? You have a bit of a problem there right enough. However if you`re referring to Micheal Martin then he will be giving a national address on TV and broadcast media at 9pm or so.


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    #95
    SCOOP 64
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    begbysback wrote: »
    What will happen is that death rates will be minuscule and after another few months we drop to level 2


    Love the optimism,refreshing.


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    #96
    [Deleted User]
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    John O.Groats wrote: »
    Officially at 2am on Sunday 25th of this month.

    IST or UTC?


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    #97
    CruelSummer
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    Icyseanfitz wrote: »
    Fcuk sake, between the **** show that is schools and this farce, our government don't have a shred of integrity or grit.

    Leave schools out of this farce of a situation which is caused by the HSE not increasing their Winter capacity, and NPHET's failure to come up with a 'living with Covid' plan - just a lockdown until we're bankrupt plan. Your idiotic comments re schools and their seemingly unimportant role in our society makes me wonder should you re-enrol in a CSPE course of some sort.


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    #98
    drunkmonkey
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    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    I'm confused by the levels plan, take care y'all, I need a break and not a kit kat break

    One last session, I'll be there at 9...


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    #99
    PopePalpatine
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    begbysback wrote: »
    A web pub, what is that like virtual drinking?

    I imagined an Internet cafe with a bar. :o


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    #100
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users Posts: 7,409 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    CruelSummer wrote: »
    Leave schools out of this farce of a situation which is caused by the HSE not increasing their Winter capacity, and NPHET's failure to come up with a 'living with Covid' plan - just a lockdown until we're bankrupt plan. Your idiotic comments re schools and their seemingly unimportant role in our society makes me wonder should you re-enrol in a CSPE course of some sort.

    Absolutely uncalled for, reported :mad: my comments regarding schools come from working in a school, what do you work as? Education is of incredible importance but it is not more important than people's safety.


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    #101
    Gruffalux
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    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    Love the optimism,refreshing.

    Or maybe just stuck in stage (i) -

    denial.
    anger.
    bargaining.
    depression.
    acceptance.


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    #102
    CruelSummer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,225 ✭✭✭CruelSummer


    SleetAndSnow wrote: »
    So they aren't doing a press conference to explain why they overruled nphet and any take questions as to future plans possibly? Wow.

    Anyone who needs to be explained to as to why NPHET had to be overruled today should question their outlook on the current situation.
    It is absolutely unacceptable that an unelected body of doctors convene an unannounced meeting on a Sunday, then leak to the press re their recommendations which haven't yet been ran passed the elected Government. All the while failing to appear before our elected TD's at the Oireachtas Committee until forced to last week and actually provide some data as to the reasoning for their recommendations.
    Level 5 would finish the economy, jobs, healthcare, futures. Zero Covid is unachievable and NPHET should be disbanded as a matter of urgency and replaced with a body of doctors with wider views on how we proceed. This body should also include experts from other areas of our economy and society to help mitigate and offset future actions that may need to be taken.
    Any business that is capable of following current guidelines re distancing, masks, time limits, etc., should be allowed to stay open with an information campaign rolled out for the Winter for those who are at greater risk of severe symptoms of Covid.


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    #103
    drunkmonkey
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    CruelSummer wrote: »
    Leave schools out of this farce of a situation which is caused by the HSE not increasing their Winter capacity, and NPHET's failure to come up with a 'living with Covid' plan - just a lockdown until we're bankrupt plan. Your idiotic comments re schools and their seemingly unimportant role in our society makes me wonder should you re-enrol in a CSPE course of some sort.

    It's worth remembering the 11,400 thousand on trolleys this time last year. We didn't even try and save the hospitals, we needed 11,400 beds and extra covid capacity on top of that.
    https://www.newstalk.com/news/11400-people-trolleys-october-hospital-overcrowding-920041
    Martin, Leo, Harris all ex ministers for health, they need to be held to account.


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    #104
    ChikiChiki
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    gmisk wrote: »
    Just 39 vacant icu beds is pretty scary...that isn't a huge amount of spare capacity.

    The fact NPHET forecasted 50-70 in icu by 25th October due to covid....

    Level 5 would have been extreme but they aren't taking account the economic impacts I suppose.

    Is the plan just to let the gravely ill die then? 39 spare is a shocking indictment of years of neglect.

    I suppose if that's the choice made so be it. Could be a horrendous Christmas coming up.


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    #105
    boardise
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    mr_edge_to_you wrote: »
    In the interest of balance, I'll post the same reply to your "wise words" from the last thread.

    The politicians you referred to are the same calibre of people who didn't realise that their golf hooley was in blatant breach of the restrictions at the time.

    That's just silly rhetorical hot air.
    The Golf society episode had nothing to do with the serious cabinet members who are wrestling with an almost intractable set of problems.


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    #106
    stephenjmcd
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    Comical
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1313182054989869057?s=19


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    #107
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    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Is the plan just to let the gravely ill die then? 39 spare is a shocking indictment of years of neglect.

    I suppose if that's the choice made so be it. Could be a horrendous Christmas coming up.

    If it comes to that, the government will buy a private hospital, or send people to the nightingale hospitals in the UK


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    #108
    Eod100
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    Random enough but good idea. Should be yearly tbh https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1313182054989869057?s=19


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    #109
    drunkmonkey
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    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Comical
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1313182054989869057?s=19

    22nd is a Tuesday.....must be a false positive.


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    #110
    titan18
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    Does anyone expect the virus to have abated by 23nd December?


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    #111
    BringBackMick
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    A bank holiday to celebrate our new Covid-19 overlords ? Sounds like a smashing idea


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    #112
    stephenjmcd
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    Eod100 wrote: »
    Random enough but good idea. Should be yearly tbh https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1313182054989869057?s=19

    Try to get the public onside with the carrot of a bank holiday at Christmas. Pathetic really


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    #113
    Strumms
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    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Are they really stopping indoor dining but keeping the pubs open? Can't follow the logic there at all.


    It’s a head scratcher.

    It’s almost as if they are saying... “well the industry and the exchequer can benefit more from people IN drinking as opposed to IN eating so let them have their pints”


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    #114
    ChikiChiki
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    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Comical
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1313182054989869057?s=19

    What is the purpose in this? It is hardly as obvious as it looks.

    Bank Holidays mean fook all under current circumstances anyway. Had a rake of them in April and May which were no use. At the time , I wished I was back working.


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    #115
    BringBackMick
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    Strumms wrote: »
    It’s a head scratcher.

    It’s almost as if they are saying... “well the industry and the exchequer can benefit more from people IN drinking as opposed to IN eating so let them have their pints”

    Pubs and restaurants can open if they can do outdoor dining/drinking upto a max of 15 persons in each area


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    #116
    BringBackMick
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    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    What is the purpose in this? It is hardly as obvious as it looks.

    Bank Holidays mean fook all under current circumstances anyway. Had a rake of them in April and May which were no use. At the time , I wished I was back working.

    Well not if you get to work then and get extra cash as a result :D


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    #117
    Pretzill
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    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Comical
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1313182054989869057?s=19

    I wonder are they just leaking stuff to the press now for the craic?
    Government announces free pot noodles on Saturdays from now until next May :confused: This is bizarre.


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    #118
    Cilldara_2000
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    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    It's worth remembering the 11,400 thousand on trolleys this time last year. We didn't even try and save the hospitals, we needed 11,400 beds and extra covid capacity on top of that.
    https://www.newstalk.com/news/11400-people-trolleys-october-hospital-overcrowding-920041
    Martin, Leo, Harris all ex ministers for health, they need to be held to account.

    I think that was the total number over the entire month. There wouldn't be a whole lot more than 11,400 beds in total as it is. IIRC the highest figure on trolleys on a single day/night was about 700.


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    #119
    bb1234567
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    What's with the bank holiday thing, how is it related to covid at all? Why the hell would a new holiday be announced as part of a majorly important covid briefing?


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    #120
    JP Liz V1
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    150 people now in hospitals across Ireland with Covid19, 23 in ICU
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #121
    Pretzill
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    What's with the bank holiday thing, how is it related to covid at all? Why the hell would a new holiday be announced as part of a majorly important covid briefing?

    We can always take a long weekend away, a city break maybe :rolleyes: no maybe not.


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